Isn't that a bit of a faff though? If the scale is off the battery won't drain much I'd guess - possibly no more quickly than if it's kept out of the scale.batteries? i have a battery-powered scale and only put the battery in when i want to use it.
presto, one battery for its whole life, 15 years i think, and i didn't even pay for it, it's a holdover from the previous dispensation.
Buy a wind up alarm clock - apart from the environmental cost of producing it, zero running costs.My alarm clock is mains powered so no savings there I'm afraid.
Buy a wind up alarm clock - apart from the environmental cost of producing it, zero running costs.
That's just silly - bamboo doesn't have any teeth!I have saved the world by purchasing a bamboo toothbrush.
Ticking clocks have never bothered me. Would you cope with lots of clocks ticking while you're awake? I love the clock room in the British Museum - lots of mechanical clocks all ticking away - very soothing.but then you have the tick-tick-tick and while i can sleep in a room with every light on, i can't tolerate noise.
though come to think of it, you probably like ticks.
One massive flaw in that, It relies on me remembering to wind the fucker, I don't have to remember to generate any electricity.Buy a wind up alarm clock - apart from the environmental cost of producing it, zero running costs.
I leave it on top of a cupboard by the door so that I get up when it goes off.Our phones stay out of the bedroom.
I have a clock alarm radio and my phone on my bedside table. My phone goes off at 6:00, then the clock radio goes off at 6:05, each time I have to hunt around to sleep the right item, usually this cycle goes on for 15-20 minutes before I give up and get upI leave it on top of a cupboard by the door so that I get up when it goes off.
Don't try coasting in an automatic.Foot down on the clutch when going downhill to save petrol. A tip I got from people driving in the 70s (but it's pointless nowadays, it would seem)
But really, I do the usual: recycling, no plastic bags, etc etc... Is this a virtue signalling thread?
I have Mrs Q , If I don't get up and cancel it immediately she will express her displeasure and unlike the alarm clock I can't cancel her.I have a clock alarm radio and my phone on my bedside table. My phone goes off at 6:00, then the clock radio goes off at 6:05, each time I have to hunt around to sleep the right item, usually this cycle goes on for 15-20 minutes before I give up and get up